Comparing monitor vs. press output

If you've ever had printed out a page on your desktop inkjet printer and held it up to the…monitor, chances are you've been a little disappointed at how far off the printed output…is from your monitor.…Well, it's a common heartbreak, and that's because your monitor and ink on paper are…two very different realities.…And if you compare your screen and your inkjet print to the final printed piece, you may…very well be looking at three rather different versions of your job.…It's really maddening.…So what you do you hang your hat on? Well, the solution to this problem is to have a…fully color managed workflow.…

But that can be expensive, kind of confusing, and a big complicated to implement.…If you want to fully pursue the color managed workflow, you have to invest in expensive equipment…to profile your monitor and all your printers.…But if you don't want to go that far, you can still improve your monitor substantially…by using the colorimeter, such as I've right here.…Now you can expect to pay from $200 and up for colorimeter.…

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6/29/2012

Join author Claudia McCue on a journey that introduces the printing process and reveals the keys to designing a document that prints as well as it looks onscreen. This course takes you on the floors of two commercial print houses (BurdgeCooper and Lithographix), to better understand the life cycle of a print job and observe printing presses in action. Along the way, discover how to better communicate with your printer, choose the correct paper, inks, colors, and fonts for your project, and how to correctly lay out your documents in Adobe Illustrator and InDesign. This course is designed to help you and your printer produce a professionally finished print job, whether it's a business card, brochure, or multipage magazine.